Originally published at: Trump calls for citizen arrest of judge
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God damn it, just throw the motherfucker in jail for contempt already. I don’t understand why this is a problem. It’s INFURIATING that he’s being allowed to get away with this. Judges, DO YOUR FUCKING JOB.
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I wonder if any of these people have actually read up on what a “Citizens Arrest” actually entails. (J/K I don’t have to wonder.)
Anyone who makes a citizen’s arrest can find themselves facing possible lawsuits or criminal charges (e.g. charges of false imprisonment, unlawful restraint, kidnapping, or wrongful arrest) if the wrong person is apprehended or a suspect’s civil rights are violated.[4] This is especially true when police forces are attempting to determine who an aggressor is. Private citizens do not enjoy the same immunity from civil liability when making arrests on other private citizens as police officers do.
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Fuckin’ A!
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Unfortunately, I think Trump wins either way. If he gets locked up, he earns additional martyr/underdog cred.
“Please don’t throw me in the briar patch.”
There needs to be another strategy that will turn the tables.
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He’s a terrorist criminal.
We throw terrorist criminals in jail all the time without concerning ourselves with whether they “win or lose.”
What we NEED to do is stop worrying about playing his game the wrong way.
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I dunno, I think being locked up with no access to mass communication is a better situation than his continual whipping-into-a-frenzy of his cult, regardless of possible martyrdom.
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Okay, Gomer.
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Then there’s no downside to locking him up - because he wins either way.
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This is exactly the “will no one rid me of this troublesome priest” stage. He is openly calling for violence against the judiciary. But watch, nothing will be done until they are marching the Confederate battle flag through the court room. And there will be expressions of shock from all sides. But, thing is, we have been here before. And he knows this. He fully expects a reenactment of 1/6 at his trial. Now, a lot of the primary actors in that one are behind bars, which might save us this time, but the prime mover is still out there moving. Until he is cut off from his flock, we are all in danger.
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This is classic fascist rabble-rousing, a call for stochastic terrorists to attack legitimate officers of the court. It’s time this criminal spent a weekend (at least) behind bars.
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I think this becomes massive brand enhancement. Needs a nuanced touch in order to not create his “My Struggle” period.
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I await his Letters from a dumbass in jail. But we all know he can’t write.
And the pictures of him crying while incarcerated will undermine anything he tries to do.
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Do they have bodyguards? When any “citizen” tries to attack/arrest these officers and is shot by a bodyguard, police officer or secret service agent, I bet he will pretend he didn’t know anything.
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They definitely haven’t checked real sources.
The trouble is, it doesn’t take much take much to flip these people to the next level.
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But coming out of Trump’s (and other MAGA’s) mouth “citizen’s arrest” is a dog-whistle euphemism for something else entirely. They don’t need to read up on what an actual citizen’s arrest entails.
(As others have pointed out. Cokes all round!)
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I think he is doing two things.
- Being himself. Anyone who hinders himself is obviously evil and he wants that stopped.
- Trying to goad the judge or anyone into throwing him in jail or otherwise muzzling him, thereby giving him more ammunition for appeals and claims of election interference.
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He’s very much trying to get his followers to commit acts of violence against the Judge and James… 
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Yes, this too. Inasmuch as he is capable of planning anything, he might be hoping for a mistrial, which would then result in a delay until the election. At which point the lights go out.
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